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Two experiments are reported in which presentation rates were compared using a “missing-item” probe technique for digit lists of 12 or 16 items. The results replicate previous studies (e.g., Waugh & Norman, 1965) in that probability of recall was found to be a monotonically decreasing function of the number of intervening items and no significant differences were found between presentation rates. The results are interpreted as further evidence against a time decay hypothesis in immediate probed recall.
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This research was supported in part by a grant from the Biomedical Sciences Support Center of the University of Maryland to the Center for Language and Cognition, and the computer time was supported through the facilities of the Computer Science Center.
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Anderson, N.S., Burns, V.D. A comparison of presentation rates using a missing item probe test of immediate memory. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 2, 200–202 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329244
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329244